Hero's Risk

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nine years ago Celine Hernandez broke my heart.</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Eight years ago she stomped on it for good measure. When Celine moved to LA after high school I enlisted in the Marines.</span></p><p><br></p><p>After an honorable discharge I'm home in Tennessee living out my dream as a professional hockey player. Now she's back in our hometown filming a movie and reminding me of a past I've tried to forget.</p><p><br></p><p>She's got her name up in lights. She's shining so bright; she's acting like she never left. Celine's everywhere I go - visiting my Gran having coffee dates with my sister - and forcing me to remember a time when life wasn't so harsh. When I was whole and thriving. Happy.</p><p><br></p><p>But I can't trust those feelings anymore. I'm not the same man Celine remembers. I've lost too much grieved too hard and am too broken down for do-overs.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Is my ex-everything a risk my heart can handle? Or is our second chance more sacrifice than salvation?</strong></p>